Towards quality-assured measurements of microplastics in soil using fluorescence microscopy

Le, Q. N. P., Halsall, C., Peneva, S., Wrigley, O., Braun, M., Amelung, W., Ashton, L., Surridge, B. W. J. & Quinton, J., 31/05/2025, In: Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry. 417, 11, p. 2225-2238 14 p.

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HESS Opinions: Floods and droughts - are land use, soil management, and landscape hydrology more significant drivers than increasing CO2?

Auerswald, K., Geist, J., Quinton, J. N. & Fiener, P., 8/05/2025, In: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 29, 9, p. 2185-2200 16 p.

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Effect of Varying Biochar Particle Sizes and Concentrations on Soil Nutrient Retention and Microbial Activity

Muhamad, K., Ogbonnaya, U., Semple, K. & Quinton, J., 30/04/2025, In: Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi. 31, 2, p. 288-301 14 p.

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Multiple targeted grassland restoration interventions enhance ecosystem service multifunctionality

Liu, S., Ward, S. E., Wilby, A., Manning, P., Gong, M., Davies, J., Killick, R., Quinton, J. N. & Bardgett, R. D., 28/04/2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 3971.

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Rhizosheath formation and persistence in winter cover crop mixtures in the field

McBride-Serrano, C., Dodd, I. C., George, T. S., Quinton, J. N. & Karley, A. J., 10/04/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Plant and Soil.

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Higher Plant Diversity Does Not Moderate the Influence of Changing Rainfall Regimes on Plant–Soil Feedback of a Semi‐Arid Grassland

Li, X., Png, G. K., Zhang, Z., Guo, F., Li, Y., Li, F., Luo, S., Ostle, N. J., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U. A., Hou, X., Wardle, D. A. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/03/2025, In: Global Change Biology. 31, 3, e70084.

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Long-term effects of tillage practices and future climate scenarios on topsoil organic carbon stocks in Lower Austria – a modelling and long-term experiment study

Toth, M., Davies, J., Quinton, J., Davies, J., Stumpp, C., Klik, A., Mehdi-Schulz, B., Strauss, P., Liebhard, G., Bartmann, J. & Strohmeier, S., 28/02/2025, (Accepted/In press) In: International Soil and Water Conservation Research.

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A changepoint approach to modelling non-stationary soil moisture dynamics

Gong, M., Killick, R., Nemeth, C. & Quinton, J., 29/01/2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C: Applied Statistics. qlaf004.

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Mitigation measures designed to reduce soil compaction decrease the surface runoff, soil erosion and phosphorus losses from tramlines in agricultural fields

Quinton, J. N., McKenzie, B. M., Loades, K., Page, T. & Silgram, M., 31/10/2024, In: Soil Use and Management. 40, 4, e13158.

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Impact of Biochar Applications on Tropical Soils under Different Land-use Regimes

Muhamad, K., Ogbonnaya, U., Quinton, J. & Semple, K., 30/04/2024, In: Sustainable Agriculture Research. 13, 1, p. 14-28 15 p.

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Soil erosion on arable land: An unresolved global environmental threat

Quinton, J. N. & Fiener, P., 29/02/2024, In: Progress in Physical Geography. 48, 1, p. 136-161 26 p.

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Structure-from-Motion Photogrammetry and Rare Earth Oxides can quantify diffuse and convergent soil loss and source apportionment

Benaud, P., Anderson, K., James, M. R., Quine, T. A., Quinton, J. N. & Brazier, R. E., 31/12/2023, In: International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 11, 4, p. 633-648 16 p.

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First evidence of widespread, severe soil erosion underneath centre-pivot irrigation systems

Batista, P. V. G., Baptista, V. B. D. S., Wilken, F., Seufferheld, K., Quinton, J. N. & Fiener, P., 25/08/2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 888, 11 p., 164119.

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A Transient Printed Soil Decomposition Sensor Based on a Biopolymer Composite Conductor

Atreya, M., Desousa, S., Kauzya, J., Williams, E., Hayes, A., Dikshit, K., Nielson, J., Palmgren, A., Khorchidian, S., Liu, S., Gopalakrishnan, A., Bihar, E., Bruns, C. J., Bardgett, R., Quinton, J. N., Davies, J., Neff, J. C. & Whiting, G. L., 14/02/2023, In: Advanced Science. 10, 5, 10 p., 2205785.

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Grassland degradation-induced declines in soil fungal complexity reduce fungal community stability and ecosystem multifunctionality

Luo, S., Png, G. K., Ostle, N. J., Zhou, H., Hou, X., Luo, C., Quinton, J. N., Schaffner, U., Sweeney, C., Wang, D., Wu, J., Wu, Y. & Bardgett, R. D., 31/01/2023, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 176, 12 p., 108865.

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Tillage exacerbates the vulnerability of cereal crops to drought

Quinton, J., Öttl, L. K. & Fiener, P., 23/06/2022, In: Nature Food. 3, 6, p. 472-479 8 p.

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Keeping Up with Phosphorus Dynamics: Overdue Conceptual Changes in Vegetative Filter Strip Research and Management

Ramler, D., Stutter, M., Weigelhofer, G., Quinton, J. N., Hood-Nowotny, R. & Strauss, P., 1/04/2022, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 10, 8 p., 764333.

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A mesocosm-based assessment of whether root hairs affect soil erosion by simulated rainfall

Burak, E., Dodd, I. C. & Quinton, J. N., 30/11/2021, In: European Journal of Soil Science. 72, 6, p. 2372-2380 9 p.

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The microbiology of rebuilding soils with water treatment residual co-amendments: Risks and benefits

Stone, W., Lukashe, N. S., Blake, L. I., Gwandu, T., Hardie, A. G., Quinton, J., Johnson, K. & Clarke, C. E., 30/11/2021, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 50, 6, p. 1381-1394 14 p.

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Reproducibility, open science and progression in soil erosion research. A reply to “Response to ‘National-scale geodata describe widespread accelerated soil erosion’ Benaud et al. (2020) Geoderma 271, 114378” by Evans and Boardman (2021)

Benaud, P., Anderson, K., Evans, M., Farrow, L., Glendell, M., James, M. R., Quine, T. A., Quinton, J. N., Rickson, R. J. & Brazier, R. E., 15/11/2021, In: Geoderma. 402, 4 p., 115181.

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How the composition of sandstone matrices affects rates of soil formation

Evans, D., Quinton, J., Tye, A. M., Rodes, A., Rushton, J. C., Davies, J. & Mudd, S. M., 1/11/2021, In: Geoderma. 401, 12 p., 115337.

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The effects of sealing on urban soil carbon and nutrients

O'Riordan, R., Davies, J., Stevens, C. & Quinton, J., 11/10/2021, In: SOIL. 7, 2, p. 661–675 15 p.

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The ecosystem services of urban soils: a review

O'Riordan, R., Davies, J., Stevens, C., Quinton, J. & Boyko, C., 1/08/2021, In: Geoderma. 395, 12 p., 115076.

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Long term simulations of macronutrients (C, N and P) in UK freshwaters

Bell, V. A., Naden, P. S., Tipping, E., Davies, H. N., Carnell, E., Davies, J. A. C., Dore, A. J., Dragosits, U., Lapworth, D. J., Muhammed, S. E., Quinton, J. N., Stuart, M., Tomlinson, S., Wang, L., Whitmore, A. P. & Wu, L., 1/07/2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 776, 18 p., 145813.

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Root hairs are the most important root trait for rhizosheath formation of barley (Hordeum vulgare), maize (Zea mays) and Lotus japonicus (Gifu)

Burak, E., Quinton, J. N. & Dodd, I. C., 30/06/2021, In: Annals of Botany. 128, 1, p. 45-57 13 p.

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A framework for testing large-scale distributed soil erosion and sediment delivery models: Dealing with uncertainty in models and the observational data

Batista, P. V. G., Laceby, J. P., Davies, J., Carvalho, T. S., Tassinari, D., Silva, M. L. N., Curi, N. & Quinton, J. N., 31/03/2021, In: Environmental Modelling and Software. 137, 18 p., 104961.

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Particulate macronutrient exports from tropical African montane catchments point to the impoverishment of agricultural soils

Stenfert Kroese, J., Quinton, J. N., Jacobs, S. R., Breuer, L. & Rufino, M. C., 15/03/2021, In: SOIL. 7, 1, p. 53-70 18 p.

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Do root hairs of barley and maize roots reinforce soil under shear stress?

Burak, E., Dodd, I. C. & Quinton, J. N., 1/02/2021, In: Geoderma. 383, 10 p., 114740.

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High-resolution monitoring of diffuse (sheet or interrill) erosion using structure-from-motion

Cândido, B. M., Quinton, J. N., James, M. R., Silva, M. L. N., de Carvalho, T. S., de Lima, W., Beniaich, A. & Eltner, A., 1/10/2020, In: Geoderma. 375, 9 p., 114477.

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Tropical montane forest conversion is a critical driver for sediment supply in East African catchments

Stenfert Kroese, J., Jacobs, S. R., Tych, W., Breuer, L., Quinton, J. N. & Rufino, M. C., 1/10/2020, In: Water Resources Research. 56, 10, p. 1-20 20 p., e2020WR027495.

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Soil lifespans and how they can be extended by land use and management change

Evans, D., Quinton, J., Davies, J., Zhao, J. & Govers, G., 15/09/2020, In: Environmental Research Letters. 15, 9, 10 p., 0940b2.

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Agricultural land is the main source of stream sediments after conversion of an African montane forest

Stenfert Kroese, J., Batista, P. V. G., Jacobs, S. R., Breuer, L., Quinton, J. N. & Rufino, M. C., 9/09/2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, p. 1-15 15 p., 14827.

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Monitoring land use impacts on sediment production: A case study of the pilot catchment from the brazilian program of payment for environmental services

Bispo, D. F. A., Batista, P. V. G., Guimarães, D. V., Silva, M. L. N., Curi, N. & Quinton, J. N., 18/08/2020, In: Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 44, p. 1-15 15 p.

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National-scale geodata describe widespread accelerated soil erosion

Benaud, P., Anderson, K., Evans, M., Farrow, L., Glendell, M., James, M. R., Quine, T. A., Quinton, J. N., Rawlins, B., Jane Rickson, R. & Brazier, R. E., 15/07/2020, In: Geoderma. 371, 13 p., 114378.

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Tracing the origin of reservoir sediments using magnetic properties in Southeastern Brazil

Lima, P. L. T., Silva, M. L. N., Quinton, J. N., Armstrong, A., Inda, A. V., Batista, P. V. G., Poggere, G. C. & Curi, N., 1/04/2020, In: Semina:Ciencias Agrarias. 41, 3, p. 847-864 18 p.

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SHui, an EU-Chinese cooperative project to optimize soil and water management in agricultural areas in the XXI century

Gómez, J. A., Ben-Gal, A., Alarcón, J. J., De Lannoy, G., de Roos, S., Dostál, T., Fereres, E., Intrigliolo, D. S., Krása, J., Klik, A., Liebhard, G., Nolz, R., Peeters, A., Plaas, E., Quinton, J. N., Rui, M., Strauss, P., Weifeng, X., Zhang, Z. & Zhong, F. & 2 others, Zumr, D. & Dodd, I. C., 1/03/2020, In: International Soil and Water Conservation Research. 8, 1, p. 1-14 14 p.

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Cutting the carbon cost of academic travel

Quinton, J. N., 13/01/2020, In: Nature Reviews Earth and Environment. 1, 1, 1 p., 13.

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Better Together: Water Treatment Residual and Poor-Quality Compost Improves Sandy Soil Fertility.

Clarke, C. E., Stone, W., Hardie, A. G., Quinton, J., Blake, L. I. & Johnson, K. L., 17/10/2019, In: Journal of Environmental Quality. 48, 6, p. 1781-1788 8 p.

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Assessing Water Erosion Processes in Degraded Area Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Imagery

Siqueira Junior, P., Naves Silva, M., Candido, B. M., Pomar Avalos, F. A., Velloso Gomes Batista, P., Curi, N., de Lima, W. & Quinton, J., 7/10/2019, In: Revista Brasileira de Ciência do Solo. 43, 12 p.

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On the evaluation of soil erosion models: Are we doing enough?

Batista, P. V. G., Davies, J., Silva, M. L. N. & Quinton, J. N., 1/10/2019, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 197, 17 p., 102898.

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Arable soil formation and erosion: a hillslope-based cosmogenic nuclide study in the United Kingdom

Evans, D., Quinton, J., Tye, A., Rodes, A., Davies, J., Mudd, S. & Quine, T., 3/09/2019, In: SOIL. 5, 2, p. 253-263 11 p.

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Using pedological knowledge to improve sediment source apportionment in tropical environments

Batista, P. V. G., Laceby, J. P., Silva, M. L. N., Tassinari, D., Bispo, D. F. A., Curi, N., Davies, J. & Quinton, J. N., 1/09/2019, In: Journal of Soils and Sediments. 19, 9, p. 3274–3289 16 p.

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High precision tracing of soil and sediment movement using fluorescent tracers at hillslope scale

Hardy, R., Quinton, J. N., James, M. R., Fiener, P. & Pates, J. M., 1/04/2019, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 44, 5, p. 1091-1099 10 p.

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